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Created page with "When people talk about shortening the work week, it's typical to imagine some future sci-fi society. But actually the idea has been '''viable''' for decades '''already'''. * This whole past century is full of mechanization & automation designed specifically to get more done using less labor. It's just that instead of using it to '''work less''', it's been used to {{t2|''produce more''|i.e. more goods & services, per capita. In other words, economic growth.{{pbr}}Increas..."

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When people talk about shortening the work week, it's typical to imagine some future sci-fi society. But actually the idea has been '''viable''' for decades '''already'''.

* This whole past century is full of mechanization & automation designed specifically to get more done using less labor. It's just that instead of using it to '''work less''', it's been used to {{t2|''produce more''|i.e. more goods & services, per capita. In other words, economic growth.{{pbr}}Increased production was good at some point in history, to improve quality of life - but that reached diminishing returns, while environmental impacts continued to increase. And ultimately, quality of life would be higher if people didn't have to work so much.}}.

To shorten the work week, we have to be upfront about exactly what we should '''produce less of.'''
* ''In other words'': Lower the cost of living, by getting rid of some inherent inefficiencies in the system {{light|(the type of inefficiencies that benefit no one except rich lobbyists)}}.

<big>How:</big>
* [[reduce production without causing shortages|'''Reduce production WITHOUT sacrificing anyone's basic needs''' (or anything else that matters)]].

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